Study of bone density by pQCT analysis in healthy adults and patients with B-Thalassemia major and intermedia

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 127-131

  Ladis, Vassilis ^a   Raptou, Panagiota ^b   Rigatou, Efthimia ^a   Chouliaras, George ^a   Galanos, Antonis ^b   Korres, Dimitrios ^a   Kattamis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone structure; PQT; Thalassemia intermedia; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GREECE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIUS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149512947     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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